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 in ]m PARDO NED AT LAST. A IHRILLING CHRISTMAS STOBY, BY "JACK FROST. ACT THE FOURTH.â€" (Co nTm vmu â- BUag he approadied » bell to rammoii .•Hiatenoe, but the duke waved Um back, flaying heanely ** Be Mated if yon were worth it I wonld .challenge yon aadihoot yon like a dog for ybnr inanlta." " Mnrder may be in yonr line," waa the ,hMBg retort. ' I am content to firht yon with ordinary wei^na, thooe the law pro. vide remember yonr whole life will be probed, yonr every aeciet laidbare be warn «d betore it is too late 1 " "Whydoeanot he face me!" he almost hiaaed. "Not beoanae he lacks oonrage, dnke. A man who conld live in Sibeiian captivity for aevonteen years, and suffer, though in- nocent, ia no coward. He ia in my handa â€" if to-morrow he met yon, 'twonld be yonr life or hia." ' ' Thia ia intimidation " " Place any conatmction yon like on my «rorda. Will yon accede to my demand 1" " No, a thonaand times no. I bate him atiU, the baae bom hound he dared to think hia Ignoble blood good enough to mix with that of my bonae. Carae him " and the speaker foamed at the month, so intense waa faia wrath. At laat he had met a foeman worthy of hia steel, a man who conld give him thmat for thmat, and strike home. " Tia a matter of jnaicp, not ancoatry, dnke. I thinlc, if yon trace back his ances- try, yon will find it aa noble aa yonra. The first Dnke of Brittany married a farmer's xlanghter, one of the bourgeoisie." If a look could have stricken the tKld not- jiry dead, such wonld have been hia doom at that moment. Has no member of yonr dnoal house had left the plaoa, and waa traoed to London, bnt on going to ChelMO, Jaoqnes fonnd liim ffoae,*no ono knew whither." " I leavo for England to-idght, DapoaK Tb« man bowad witb doep reapeot theoo hurried janmoya oansed him no anrprfaa. "Yon will not aooompany me, nor do I need Jaoqnea at present. Yon wUl both be better employed In looking after thb fellow, one Pierre Verlon,a notary^-thia ia hia card. " " Yon want infonnaiiion, yonr grace T" " More I I must have hia private papera, and if tbia Pierre Verlon waa to bo andden- ly miasad, I would be pleaaed. Spare no money in aooompliahing tliia objeot, Dnpont. I liave few aeoreta from yon. My aiater'a hnaband haa escaped from Siberia, and ia in £SngIand." ' Thia ia aad, yonr grace they may meet.' "Yes, if I delay maoh longer it maybe too late. This photograph will be of great aervice to m«. Remember the notaryâ€" thia time there mnat be no bnn«Ung. E^h blow that I strike most go straight home." ' Consider the notary lemoved from your graoe'a pathâ€" but, oh, my dear maater, don't be cffanded if I apeak a word of waminfr. You are going to England to meet that man beware of hia vengeance. Remember what he said titer he waa condemned â€" he would live to Ie revenged," the old man pleaded eameatly with teara in hia eyee. "Tnahl I do not fear liim, Dnpont age ia unnerving y on, "Jl aaid hia master, contemp- tuoualy. " I have grown grey in the service of your graoe'a family, have nnraed yon, watched yon grow up, and now yon tell me to remain behind when danger threatena yon. Aa we grow old and we get near the confines of the other world aa I am, Heaven vonohaafea us committed that unpardonable crime of J wamnigB denied to younger people, lam 1: ever jneaalliancs " Pierre Verlon contianed. " Yon, my noble dukr, can lieat anawer that question." '" Fiend, yon fo too far," be flaid, hoarsely "1 will 80 even further in a court of jna- iioe. Do yon think I am ignorant of yonr SMtecedenta T I know all â€" your secret mar- riage to an Eagliah-woman, yonr intrlguea. Yon wonld do well not to ^efy me." " Go, leat I be tempted to do you a mis- chief. Go 1" " When I come into a woll'a den, I carry «nBS," waa the quiet retort. "I go, bnt wiieB I think of it, yon will receive a cicatien to appear before tne conrta. Adien monaei- gnenr, and permit me to anbscribe myself your very obedient, humble, Bervant,"he aaid, aa he bowed cynically aud left the pre- sence of the man he had tortured. " Am I fallen ao low as to be thna inanlted in my own mansion " gaaped the infuriated -man. " He ahall amart for this â€" he little knowa whom he la defying 1" Sounding a ailver bell, he said to the aer- yant who answered its summons " Send Dapont to me instantly 1" 'Whilst waiting iua oomir g, the dnke paced the apartment with a quicc, panther like strike, aa if he were preparing to make a spring. ' I care not for the law. He dared to ally himaelf to my family, one of the most an- cient in France, by stealth I Are princes nothing muat they be judged like the com- mon herd He haa felc my talons already, next time they thaU pierce hia skulking heart," hemutkared, angrily. "Thia notary is the most dangerous of the two, and might be silenced. Her child ia living well, she siiall be abducted, her ple- beian father will be stabbed in his very heart's affections thrsugh her." The workings of hia face were aomething ^terrible â€" concentrated hate, malioe, revenge, jJl converged tiiere. Charles, Dnke of Brit- tany, evidently inherited all the bitter black blood that flawed in the veina of hia ancea- tors. The look of Satanic bate thereon depicted waa enhanced by the V-aliaped markâ€" each mole atood out diatinct, aa U emboased, of a Mood-red ooloor, and tiie veins of hia neck swelled till they looked like veOed whip- aordu His dark piercing eyea glowed and tcintU- lated like thsae td a venomous serpent, and hia at^, iron-gr^ hair aeemed to briatle like tlie apinea of a wid loar wiMn preparing for a deadly mah. Pride and grood made hhn the m%n he waa, or rather traiaafermed him from a man into a fiend. '!Ewas no wandei that Myrtla'a father feared as w^l aa hated him mortally, mote on acconat of her aake than bis own. Perhaps, after all, it would have been better if the notary bad not braved this wolf in his cwn lair, for in doing so he had goaded him to desperation. Twas hartefter-twetity years of assured victory, to learn that his victim had escaped from the meshes ef the deadly net he bad thrown about bias, aad was free to attack him in retnta â€" ibat there waa some |ane Uviog too, who could, aad meant to, claim b'a tiater'a caloaaal fortune. It must be a death struggle now, a fiaal 1 battle meaning anniliilation to one of the {oemen. The Doke had shews no mercy to his irister, tbe c-fGnring of the »ame mother, who had sharM hia cUIdheo4'a aporw, and liad been ever genile and loving to him. Wse it likely, now that yeara had harden- " hia heart, be wonld relent and i^ara Myrtle "Dapont, why ^ave yen delayed attend- ing my aummoaa " the duke aaked fiercaly, gjSd to find aomeono en whom to vsat Ida vase. "A mesaenger haa jast arrived from England, yonr grao*," aaid the man qaietly iheae exhibitjana of ttmoor on 4dM part of Iua vaster were ef too ireqnent occnrrenco'te npeet hi equanimity. » Well, another Wilf-o-tbe-Wiap affair, I fnonoae?" was the acrisMBiana retort. ' No your grace, alia wa« traoed to Kooky Head, a village en the Eogliah ooaat, and from tiwnce to London â€" here ia a photoii{raph nf a girlâ€" it resemUesher closely," aaid Dnpont, handing ik to him. **Tba likoneaa ia a maivellena one, oer- taialy," mnttered the dnke, oysing Myrtle's ano- picture, critically, and ra]^dly rogalninf .^AOBsposnrr, now tliat this nsws tud him the ti-ne for action had arrivod. " Whose cto?Miaahel" ** Sho waa brought np by a fiaharman and h'u wife at firat bat two years ag* sho waa «d»«Hd by liar HAtr, yonr graos." -rAndbolsr' "A'bat Jaoqnas Rsa||0 osnld notdisoovsr, â€" .jl '"apcnt, wHh a sigh " tto ' » '^â€" grace â€" give up thia with you, to watch roubled about your journey, or let me s^o yon, to guard you." And going on hia kneee, the old man seized hia hands snpplicatingly. " Rise, Dapont it wonld take more than a dream to tMur my purposes. He sent that notary to threaten me; the witneaaea in liis trial are ready to swear I bribed them hia innocence will be eatabliahed on the foundation of my diagraca. Marie'a fortune will be wreated from me, aud the worst con- atmction put on my conduce it will be said I placed her in a convent because I coveted her money and gave out a report of her death. I am soing into the enemy's camp to Btrike a blow for dear llfe'a sake." "Wonld that yon had a aon to aid yon, some one to guard the honour and snft7 of the house of Brittany,' the old xnAo suM, with a grievona sigh. "I have eon, my faithfnl old friend; 'tia for bim I have been fiehtiilg all theoe yearc," tbe dnke said, exoltingly â€" " a noble yontb whom I love dMurer than life." "Thank Heaven " waa fervently ejacn- latoiJ " my old eyes will close in peaoe now. " "Yon shall see hlro, Dnpont I will bring him back with me when I have crushed this canaille. I hated my sistet's paramour (I shall never acknowledge the sacred tie be- tween them openly) from the first, and now I feel Uiat the same earth cannot contain us both, Marie will find that I can. be impla- cable her escape only makes me the more bitter against him." "Have patieaoe witb me, master," pleaded the old man "tbia family fend conld be healed. May I apeak " The duke gave a gesture of aaaent. "Her child Uvea â€" the photograph ia a speaking witneaa to that yon have a aon â€" a marriage. Oh, yonr Grace, do not be ao angry, do not iuiit yonr brows a blood fend u hateful to Heaven 1 Let the dead paat bury its dead in the bappiaoaa of the liv- fag." "If I did not esteem yon b« Dapont, I oonld be more than angrv, son of mine oonld ever love their onUd he QUI and will laalcn to liateâ€" deapiae her. Now go; let everytiifaig lie ready far my departure, and remenber Um notary." Some little while later, the Dnke of Brittany left the shores ^f Franoo for Eng land to carry on his aaercilesa vendetta. "Courage, darling papa 1'" she cried, uioovering hia faooand kiaainr him tenderly while hsr hand wandered •^»«.â„¢.**~^' already plentlfuUy aprlnklod ^»h enow. "I am at your M» to console and aid yon. They oan point at mi»â€" oaU me the oonvlot a danghtorâ€" aoem me but make mo adiamed of yon, neynr 1" "I nssd to dream of yon, my potâ€" my angel diOd I" he said, sofdy, • sndlo dwsing airay the sorrow which a momeait before lud boon deploted there. "Often in the i^ht, whan o^y the sentry's heavy trend broke the silsnoo, have I lain as In a trwioo, and yonhayaoomeand kissed me and smilo^ and placed yonr little hand In mine and called me father then, tor a time, all too brief, I forgot my chains, the lash of » heartless tadtmaster, and wept for very joy. Pierreâ€" my friend, my more than brotherâ€" uaed to aend me let ters about you and when I knew you lived, and were well and strong, I need to aing in my lonely oell for very joy, while otiier priaonera wept oi blaaphemed. Yon have been my one lodestar, and are now my only joy. Oh, Myrtle I if I lost yon I should go and kill myself I" She let him talk onâ€" thia man, her noble father, who had oonaorted with felons for yearsâ€" fer she jadged that it wonld reliere his overcbargea hear*, and calm hia fevered brow She sat en his knee and drew his head down, and with sweet kisaev, tender oareas- er, and loving words, soothed hia troubled apirit, and mingled her teara witb his. It waa a touching picture â€" one that might have softened even the hardeat heart. He tapped at the door of Becky's sitting- room, and entered when she answered, "Come in." She gave one awift glance at his face to read Mierein acme angnry of her chances|of success bnt that of a spldnx conld not be more impaaaive than was his. "Yon wish to see me, Miss Pride 1" he said, quietly, as he seated himself. "four daughter broached aaubject which I did not care to discnsa with her, and oon- corns yon alone," she aaid, falteringly at firs^, bnt gidning firmneaa aa ahe proceeded. He merely bowed assentingly her per- fidy had so stung him that he waa afraid he might lose all control over hia temper if he attempted to dTgne with her, or tell her that Myrtle waa to be impUcitly tmated with anything pertaining to bia interests. Hia silence aomewhat diaoonoerted her. She waa at a loaa bow to allude to her visit to ilia atndy â€" whether to plunge into it at once, or lead up to it gradually. ' Mr. Dmm-, I owe a duty to myael'" she aaid, half- timidly. '-My living, my very bread depends upon the respectablity (par- don the term) of the family in which I am employed. For instance " " Please do not minoe matters. I nnderr stand. No one would employ yon if they know yon had been companion to the daugh- ter o* an escaped convict â€" a condemned felon. Ia not that what you mean V " One cannot â€" especially in my dependent position â€" ignore the opinions or laws of aooiety," ehe observed, glad that he bad broken the ice for her; "nor, though yon are rich, wonld you be visitad or reodved into society if the truth were known. Mr. Dane, 1 may believe you innocent bnt yon have to convince the world of that, not me "In all yon have said yon are qnite right," he assented. " May I ask if anyone first aroused your suepicions about my unhappy position V' "No one, Mr. Dene. I myself taw there waa a mystery from the very brat. Your daughter s eduouon bad been wof nlly neg- lected, I oan understand why. Yon your- self were never viiited by even yonr neigh- bours your very opulence waa another thing, qnite out of keeping with yonr dangh tot 'a' untrained deportment and manners, especially when oontraated with yonr own rdiahed manners. When I fonnd yonr keya conld not lesiat the temptation of trying to aolve the mystery. I ancoeeded, and now find ttiat I am oempanion to tbe daughter of a convict â€" a by n« meana enviable poaition, yon muat admit 1" He waa forced, aa far, to admit tiie o(^eioy mon from the chaplain of Itw aguaoenta, and Mid, frankly "Mtaa Pride, I owe yon a Boost homble apology. Believe me, I have every roaaottto hope that I will te able to eatabMi my in- nocence. Seoietybas no charma for me; but the Plymouth "colony, though ihe older JZ£»riic^S"V"*^" '^T *»*lMtfcetw.,gre.r far mere dl^ly than the remaioed hi B^land. How can I oompen- other, and waa at laat united with it in 1692 sate yon for tiM unintentional wrong I inflict' » xui^^. Dodrion. I would bo a mother to Myrtle, ^atruo friend to you. You stand on the edge of a precipice, "•*^'«»* ""'•*"'• at yonr aide to steady •^J^WfortJon. Weooold go abroad for a time ootill^e incident of your oaoapo was quite foW"5- Do not despiso mo for my apparent bold- namâ€" my â- oomine unwo manl i ne as I am willlDg, M yenrwtte, tosharo yowsMnt, andaoy dfaoiaos attaching theroto. Ho ooiUfiwk but fool grmtsW f or hor words, whioh implied a devotloa^ho had no oUm upon* MyrShad adjudged hor meroonary as wall aa ambltioua: that sho waa not lAo former she had glyon him oonvfndng proofa. From firat to last she had put hersoU in tb« right-ho. himself, in the wjo""?-" tiad than offered to oonneot herself with his dtoaoo by a dose, indissoluble tieâ€" that of windom 1 ^. After all. he might do worse than close «rith her offer. She was highly educated, refined, and weU bredâ€" a woman who would do the honors of his homo with, credit to him and herself. j. " Miss Pride," he said, " I cannot find words to expreaa my gratitude for thia con- vincing mark of yonr devotion to my in- terests. My heart is too seared ever again to feel the love of a husband. It was buried in the grave of my young murtyt wife. Give me time to think it wauld l»e wrongto acoept yonr;offer atoDceâ€" yon might regret It hereafter; besider, I mnat consnlt Myrtle." "Consult a mere child i" she thought, somewhat angrily, bnt said " 'Xwaa affection for her that had some- thing to do with my offer. The Peytons ceme of a proud stockâ€" one whisper wonld lreak off the intended match. I have done â- y duty the Issue is in your hands." "You have come out of a trying ordeal nobly, my dear Misa Prida, ' he aaid quietly. Wtiatever my dicision may prove to be, you will always take a place in my heart aa a true friend." "Cenanlt hor! Let him I If she thinlca I, upon whose life there haa not fallen a single stain, am not good enough to be the wife of her convict-father, then let her look to it, for ahe will receive scant mercy from me I" (VO Bl OONTIHUBD.) â€" » BIdTOBIGAL JSTOIES. The use of firearma in war in England was introduced aa early aa tbe reign ot Edward III. (1327). Windmilla were not known in England at the oenqaeat, bnt were introduced in less than a ceninry afterward. A trade with Norway ia known to have teen carried on by t^e Scotch In the bsgin- ing o the thirteenth century. The ceaat of Connecticut waa 'first ex- plored by one of the early Datch navigators, Adrian Block, who, in 1614, was tbe firat European to sail tbrongh Hell Gate. Toe principal legislative acta in the reign of Henry III. of Eogland are hia confirma- tion of the great obarter and of the charter of the forest. Chere are alao some addition- al laws of this king yot extant which much poliahed the common law. Gloves appear to he^ve been very rare among the An^Io-Saxana. Among the re- preaantationa of male figures they are never one* wit)h, but) from a law of Ethelred the Unready it may be inferred that at the cloae of the tenth or the beginning of the eleventh century they were great^ rarities, five pairs forming a oonaiderable part of the duty pftid by a society of German merchants for the protection pt their trade. The Baaton port bill, a law passed by Eeg- laod ta close the pert of Boston, went insr •ffect Jnne 1 1774. The day waa observed in Hartford, Conn:, aa a day of pabtio menming. Cbe town bouae was hung with black, a copy ef the bill waa posted nn it, and bells wore toiled all day. Even so far off as YkglnU the honse of bnrgeaaea attended a s l«nn religioiu airrica on tbe eooaeioa, and beard a patriotic ser- die two coloniea formed by oolontata who oaaieoat nndor Gov. Jabn Winthrop, the Plyatoatb and MMeaohneetts bay, were for in».oy yean Indepandent of one anotner DAMMUra Tfi£ :^'^^ cin^ AOf IHE FIFTH. When Myrtle left Miaa Pride, the went atraight to her father, who was wailang her return in an agony ef apprehenafon. He had guarded hia daagerona aecret ao well, as be thought, only to fi*d that it waa dis- covered by means he never dreamt of. He knew, sa a man Of the world, what that wwrld w^tuld tlrink ef a returned oon- vlct flanntfatg in peaoook'a featiierr, giving princely entertain meata to men and womea, who would, when they learnt the tmih, resent it aa a libertyâ€" a lasting inault. He would peso aa an impeeter, not a martyr and poor Ii^tlt, who bad endured so mneb in her earUost y«ar«, wonld share his digraoe. He had riches, it ia tme Irat what wonld they avail him if human sym- pathy were wanting 7 It was no wonder that Bertram looked with Mtter ai^salah eo the criah that had overtaken hisaâ€" « thn»derlolt from out a snmaaar ahy. Myrtle urged dafiaaee, be- oanae sh« failed axpe ri a n ee. She bad net ming^od with tlie world, ner did ahe knew imWra, wUok, like tb*-« of ta« Medea and Pendana, were saia lt i r »bte. Be fannd out in aoythMg iBtaHaibU, »*4 good-iye to tbe good o p htlin of iIm verld, oapeolally iaahiaa'a domain aad this be kaow all too well. It ia not to ho wondered at that while awaitiiv his daaghtat'a ratsm he should liave wo^ed liiataeU np into a state of fever lab enttaoMnt, whioh barst fsrth Into one Imvatnons uuoation on aeoing her "Welir " She wishes to se« yon. My worst fears are verified, papa abe bas entered yonr study, and haoon alL" " Do you think ahe b merosnary, Myrtlol" ho asksd 1rokealy. " YsB bat ambitioM more than alL Yon mnst tempeiisa, papa â€" play with her as you wonld with a fish in her oonning she will ovsrroaoh haraalL Seo her at anna, bsfer* sho has tiaio to plot and sohsins. Sowethiog asUs ms that wo are on ths ove ef a criaU whioh wo asnst s urs aonnt or bo onuhed." " Whathaval dsM to baooartbM psreo- entsd!" ha fvoonad, ftlMwa into a ^ak and oavariag hia faoa irith his hands. "Msr- oifd Henvsnl ghra sao psaooâ€" psaoer ed upon you I "I henenr yonr frankneaa, which atampa yon aa a gentleman," ahe aaid, with one ef her wonted seraphic amilea "hnt, atill, it is a dangerona aecret for me to carry about in my breast. The crime for wfcich you wwe condemned waa a most heinana one â€" attempted murder or aasaasination â€" which, at the time (I remember It well), called upon ita perpetratora the joat repro- bation of the whole cIviUstd world. People would not expect to find one of the would- be awassins mixing in the firat act in L«n- don." He winced at bheae home thmatr, which, however, he c«nld not rebut, and fait very bitter against hia enemy for having placed him in auch a terrible position. "I am compelled to bring all this before you, Mr. Dens, in aelf-defence for Iâ€" and I freely admit itâ€" waa guilty of a breach of tinat but you now ae e my dilemaaa and why I oonld not diaonaa ao ddicate a matter with Myrtle, a mere child. I am not only her eompanion, bnt her chaperon, and through me ahe haa been admitted to the very ereme de la creme of aooiety. Notliing oan compensate me for havhw; been led Into the pealtioa under what tte world wonld term falae preteneea " At this (mint abe Imrat Into tears, which greatly dtstrened and omharrassed him. "MydearMha Pride." he said, gently, is there no way in whioh I oan make amends fortheiajuy yon have sustafaied lam rion. and anything in reason " " If anyone else but you had spoken anch werds t^ vd; T wonld have taken them aa a deadly b i.\i ' the said.-with weU.simuUted indignation, and dryfaig her tears. "Chore n no disgrace in eandng moneyâ€" even Royalty does Uiat but to aoospt a bribe of tbat sort would disgraoo me for over in my own eyes and yours. I oould share tho ssOTOt ^th yon In one aray and in oim only. " "" beoom heaved asd fell fastâ€" her ^SJ'^T*' »*»"d. an^ her heart pul- satod madly, for shs had reswoad a onwU point-a few mhmtea wonld snffioo dtbsr to gtvo her a coveted voalticn or ir«r her waU-planned schemes foj v? r. JBowT-in what way V be asked, dazad ^L^fi ^J*"' •* o import of whioh his â- â€¢iid had afaint oonorptton. '^JL**^*^ «r wifo " she answvod. qnlekly. I .dmiro. rsopoot yon, imdoU by thni ' under the name of Massachusetts, the name bMng taken from ono of the tribes of Indiuis inhabiting the saU.|Che meaning of the word ia aaid to be " Bine Htlla." The Art of Milking. Suburban Reeidenaâ€" "Yes, I want a nse- fal maa about my oonntry-plaoe. Cxa you milk I" Applicantâ€" "Tot, sor." "W hick side of a cow do yon ait on when milkfaig " " Wnll, sor, Ot niver milked bat wan cow, an' bodad, a good dale av the toim Oi was en ooth Botds av her, sor." A Nice Plaftbi'ii; fez Ciiildren. Mrs. Bandboxâ€" "Yon said the train I ahouldtake leaves a^lOiSO, didn't yon " Ticket Agentâ€" " i *â-º, madam and I think I've told yon that about ten times already.' Mrs. Bandboxâ€" "Yea, I know yon have bat my little boy says he likes to hear yon bestgnacd yonr dangerons Not Supsrstitiotia Herself. "So yon wouldn't move into your new houee yesterday because it was Friday T Fia, fie, Mrs. Baldwin I I thought you were superior tosnch little superstitions." " £_^o«^ »* *•â-  foolish in me, Mrs. R»m^ bo. bnt we all have onr woaknesaas, you "But that's such a ridioulous notion. The idea tliat there oan bo anything In the mere-why, Mrs. Baldwfai I That's an awful lookina wart on yournnckle. Why don't your rub It with a piece of ham rind and then bury the rind under a stono and walk away from it backwards I'yo taken off dosens ef them tliat way.' Sympathy.' Casta n (to 8towaway)-.*'So, you yonag moJ, t« away from home, did \ou! You Mght to bo ihrashod for leaving horns, and thrashed again far getting aboa% n ship w.thont permission." ' •0^ an tbo «laiMr, a^' i jhonght thwo •««»' b« â-ºâ€¢ pianaors on ships " 1. '**"l°f*" *• "T «raa», my sen. I hadamuioalahtorohoomywlf." Alchease to Temper the ciii... fonndland and UbJ^*« real raUway and iU extenJoi te^,*»il of BoUo Islo revlyes thepSi.'J'.Q Selby Smyth. Uid bS?AS government in 1879, for dil£*^ Arotio current from the Gnif nf a??' k by filling In the Straits of Bell, li'N would serve as a bridge onaJZl' fonndland with the m»fadan5T*«W purposes. G«.Smyth'sidaaoffcL2S a dam across the Btraits does not ^°^ have been original with that ^,^i Lieut. Maury, it Is undorttooltir^ « proposal before the British 8oven«.*H thirty years ago. In his rep,rt r;?"«»« faiion goverament Gen. Smyth ian^"' tddn to the fact tbat tbe Straits of Sii'" are open to tbe aortheasi. thn.« ' the direct flow of the polar onSIi""" Baffia's bay. Thia icy slreiw) ' to four miles an hocr, pours Its »»!, i" *• would otherwise find itt way »ion, shores of the oontiqent and into tb- If, therefore, the palar current conj eluded and deflected eastward of Ke land into the openooean the climatic effta Gnlf of St. Lawrence. ovVkoS,? greater density the warm gulf ^J I the southern Utitudes. The coldn*â„¢ " says, divides Into two bronoheB nei^r' L'Amour-one running weatwtrd.hf gulf and the otner southeastward di, T ing into the ooaan again between N.j' and and C*p« Bret«n. The gena-al." ?^' that this branch theu sweep. 'o^T' em coast of Nova Sostia and thonld.â„¢ « the warm water lurther oat to sea wt aloD2 the, eluded and deflected eastwardofNeJfc land into the open ocean the climatic 65^ by theexohanga of warm wawr, wotli L very marked In the gulf and adjtoentihMa " â€" â€" The Oolv Basis cf Trade Withla, Ho was ana«[ent. with a bigbatketoffooi on bis arm, and he had jutt rapped ojim door of a country farmhouse. An old ItiZ forbidoing aspect opened the door aad iii him np before he had a chaooe to open i mouth and said savagely: "Don't want ut thing ter-day." ' "Bnt, madam," he replied, with a weuyii. tempt at a smile, as he mopped the peripai. Mon from his brow with his coattail, "tUoi me to show yon the goods, pleate. I \an washing soda at two oencs a ptaad, lilve tea spoons at ten cents per dozen and tit fintst tea at twenty cents pound, with ata cup and saucer throirn in tbit alose ii worthâ€"" "Don't want anything ter day," the n peated, still more savagely. "Madam," he replied, as he slowly retin ed the goods to thebasket, "if Iweretoofe you the whole biuiness for ten centi woali you take It." "No, 1 wouldn't. I don't want year olii, stale, shop-worn stuff, at any price; lo clw out." "Madam," he continued tadty, "if t'ont is anything in the world that yoa wouli buy just le4 me know, and I will bring !:» you on my next trip." "All right, you persistent pnppy,' ib replied. "Tne next time yon a«me biii{ a dozen Kcnnine tendoUr billi for a dollii a dozan and I will take the lot. Now, gi; out, and go and load up with Bomeaiii{ saleable before yon show that red note oi yours here again." Bargains in Grape and So Deatlis- Mr. Yeunglove â€" " Why, my dear, wk makes you look so miserable Is there it; bad news in the paper ' Mra. Yonnglove-"N-no, not eMcJ; bad news but oh, George, don't yoa h»' of any of our relatives who are in poo; health I never saw snch bargaioi io otj* in all my born days." "Miss " If my suit it not astreeable to yon ny* Genuine Frankness. Gladys," said old Moneybiji, frankly, but do not, I beg of Ton. t«ll w that old, old story that yon will »1»»I« look upon me as a brother." "Sir," replied the lovely maiden, uW eye lie up with the deathless flame oftpm young heart's devotion, " I do not lowyo" wall enough for a brother, but I h«n w objection to taking you as a hatband. HeOommeaoad WhenYotmS- Mrs. B«rzlo-"What a terrible «tk| young Perkins ta, to be enre. It is Ea^" sich a dissipated man." Mra. Dazzioâ€" "Yes, inclecd, bat yon""-; remember mat he was admitted to tie t- at a very early age." A Tramp Scheme. "Oh, tut That's a tramp scheme. ' "Tramp acheme What the denctao J- mean by tk tramp sche "Ob, it won't woik „„v Anomalous. ChoUyâ€" "Seems to me the actions ora are very contrafliciory. Wallyâ€" "Why?" •• No matter with them they are you with a aolt." ofo'^l .•«ditM how good yoarc-;, are always reaoy w His Health Was Veiy ^^^'*^^-^. B3gera-"I teU you, sir. "»'«"'l"iiilf aaaw Bank preased poor old Jto^Jf ment it aigned hia death-warrant. WUliamaâ€"" You don't wyw' "' ItaffMtbim ao 8orion»ly." ii "He had taken a heavy «" ^i draft from the bank brought onpow â€" {Boston Thnes. The Same Thinjt. ., Jonssâ€" "What U Ponaenby'i J**^' Sniihâ€" "Be'aa contractor no»-^ Jonoaâ€" • What did he nted W «" â-  Smithâ€"" A corset maker. «*;«)* I J onesâ€"" Woll, I doa'a tee mnon" The Tale of a B* I stole a wee Kits- ^, I ahall ne'er sreal»B«^ In a transport oi bitrt I G.c'c a wee kiss Bd. tbe pretty young O"^. Had a pretty bJa"" I stole a vree kiss-- ^^ Ishr-lne'«rs»J»«" â- ifitai